Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Esther McVey and Helen Hayes

Monday 21st May 2018 Commons Chamber

[Ms McVey]

I might not have said it enough today, so I will put it on the record again: youth unemployment is down 43% since 2010. The number of children not in education, employment or training is down 370,000 since 2010. That is what we are doing. We are providing the building blocks to support young people and to get them into a job, living independently. That is what a Conservative Government does—watch and learn!

[Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) (Lab)]

4. What assessment her Department has made of recent trends in the average level of household debt of people receiving universal credit.